Classical motion of a point particle with extrinsic curvature
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We consider the classical motion of a point particle whose Lagrangian involves not only the usual arc length, but also the extrinsic curvature associated with its trajectory. This Lagrangian is independent of the parameterization used to characterize the trajectory; by choosing this parameter to be the time coordinate associated with the position of the particle in space-time, we obtain a Lagrangian dependent on the position, velocity, and acceleration of the particle in a co-moving frame. Some special solutions to the Hamiltonian equations of motion are presented for the case of the free particle and for a particle moving in a Coulomb field.
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